Cat makes 911call to help its owner

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A man who fell out of his wheelchair says his cat apparently called 911 for help.

Police received a 911 call from Gary Rosheisen’s apartment Thursday, but there was no one on the line. When they called back and got no answer, they decided to check things out.

In the apartment they found Tommy the cat lying by a telephone on the living room floor.

“I know it sounds kind of weird,” Officer Patrick Daugherty said.

Rosheisen was unable to get up because of ministrokes that disrupt his balance and pain from osteoporosis. He also wasn’t wearing his medical-alert necklace and couldn’t reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help.

Rosheisen said he got the cat three years ago and tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.

The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons – including a speed dial for 911.

“He’s my hero,” Rosheisen said.

103-year-old has ‘humdinger’ time

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) – At 103 years old, Leone Margaret McKenney couldn’t see or hear much over the crowd’s roars at her first Packers game – but she had the time of her life.

“I will never forget this. It was a humdinger,” the great-great-grandmother said after the Sunday game. “I don’t know when I have enjoyed anything as much as I enjoyed that.”

McKenney had said she never got to a Packers game when she was younger because her husband wasn’t “too keen about football” and she never had the opportunity, even though her family moved to the Green Bay area in 1947.

But she keeps a picture of legendary Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr in her apartment and wears Packers garb as she watches every game.

McKenney received the luxury box tickets from the owners of Renaissance Assisted Living in De Pere, where she has lived for five years.

Her occupational therapist accompanied her to assist with steps at the stadium because McKenney is recovering from a fractured hip.

On Sunday, Brett Favre threw his first touchdown pass in five games, giving the Packers a 23-17 victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

“It was fabulous, and then to have a win,” she said, “that was almost more than I could bear.”

Austria has 3 first babies of the year

VIENNA, Austria (AP) – Austria’s first baby of the new year was Isabella Melanie. No, wait, it was Jelena. Or was it Johannes Samuel?

Three infants born at precisely the same time on Sunday – one minute after midnight – all laid claim to the traditional honor of being the nation’s first newborn of 2006.

Because official hospital records gave the time of birth as 12:01 a.m. Sunday for all three babies, their parents will have to be content with sharing the honor, Austrian state television said as it tried to sort out the confusion.

One commentator suggested that Jelena deserved the honor of 2006’s first baby by default because she arrived four weeks early and had to be delivered by emergency Cesarean section.

But Isabella also came ahead of schedule, said her mother, Melanie Erber.

“Actually, we weren’t expecting her until Jan. 8 at the earliest,” she said.